Hand drawn map, dated May 1863 and made under the direction of Union cartographer Capt. William Merrill, of the country between Franklin and Columbia featuring the positions of roads, railroads, and the Duck River. Very detailed map also provides...

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Well Toad, as you did not tell me whither you scorned my poetic effusions or not, I have
taken the liberty to inflict some more upon you; thinking you instead of scoffing at my
impertinence and presumption would give me all necessary...

Slave bill of sale for a girl named Maria. Maria was sold to Thomas Swafford Jr. for $450 by Daniel F. Cocke. Maria is sold with the purpose of being "a slave for life" and is described as being 11 years old, "sound, healthy," and "sensible." A....

Issued from Confederate headquarters in Jackson, Tenn. by Capt. Newsome, orders a "cessation of hostilities against the forces of the US" and to "prevent all robbing and unlawful proceedings" and "inflict severe punishment upon all who may be...

Call to the District Court of the Confederate States of America in Nashville by Clerk Jacob McGavock for N. E. Alloway. Alloway is the garnishee, answering the interrogatories of the Court dealing with property and allegiances. Authorization...

John Henry Bradberry served as a corporal in Co. K, 6th Tenn. Cav. Regt., USA and enlisted at Dresden, Tenn. He served as the company cook in 1865. Bradberry owned this civilian shotgun which dates from the 1850 to 1870 time period. It is unlikely...

May 1864 edition of the Congressional "Reports of the Committee on the Conduct of the War, Fort Pillow Massacre. Returned Prisoners." The US Congress was beginning to be dominated by Radical Republicans by 1864, and they used the massacre at Fort...